Yente Lottman (2001) is a Dutch violinist born in Amsterdam. She grew up in a musical family and began playing the violin at the age of four. In 2017, she was admitted to the Sweelinck Academy for young talent at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where she studied with Sarah Kapustin. In 2021, she continued her studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London with David Takeno, holder of the Eugène Ysaÿe International Chair of Violin, and completed her Bachelor of Music (Honours) there in 2025. Alongside her studies, she also studied baroque violin with Pavlo Beznosiuk (Academy of Ancient Music).

Yente is a laureate of several national competitions. She won the Britten Violin Competition (2018), first prize in the regional finals of the Prinses Christina Competition (2019), and recently received second prize at the Netherlands Violin Competition in the Oskar Back category. During her time at the Guildhall School of Music she was awarded the St James Chamber Music Prize and The Harrison-Frank Family Foundation Award.

As a soloist, Yente has performed with the Residentie Orkest under the direction of Otto Tausk at TivoliVredenburg. At the age of sixteen, she made her debut at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. As a laureate of the Prinses Christina Competition, she also toured the United States and Canada, performing in cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Calgary and Vancouver.

In addition, Yente is an active chamber musician and regularly appears at international festivals, including the Grachtenfestival and Festival Wonderfeel (Netherlands), the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival (Germany), Festival Ravel (France), Fjord Classics (Norway), and the Edinburgh International Festival (Scotland). She has collaborated with musicians such as Yura Lee, Jennifer Stumm and Anna Fedorova.

Yente currently performs on a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin, generously provided on private loan.